Gun mounting



April 25, ESE Y GUN MOUNTING Filed March 4, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG.

-jose Veseb IN ENTQ J. VESELY GUN MOUNTING April 25, 1944.

Filed March 4, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 II. J.

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n RTT'Y' STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 4, 1942, Serial No.433,321 In Great Britain January 29, 1941 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements. in gun mountings ingeneral, and more particularly to mountings for guns of small calibresuch as machine or automatic guns, light cannon and the like.

The chief object of a gun mounting is to provide a firm and reliablesupport for the gun when firing, without however unduly increasing theweight of the complete gun, These two conditions in combination aredifiicult to meet, since if the mounting is light in weight it does notafiord the required stability, and attainment of increased stability byincreasing the weight of the mounting is of course highly undesirable.

The gun mounting according to the present invention solves this problemin a simple and efiicient manner.

The new gun mounting comprises a carrying member adapted to carry thepost for supporting the gun, said carrying member being arranged forattachment to or insertion in a suitable tripod or like support adaptedto rest on the ground. A helical spring is provided at the lower end ofthe carrying member, said spring being arranged to screw into the groundupon rotation of the carrying member and for this purpose suitablehandles, or equivalent means, may be provided on the carrying member.Suitable abutting means are provided on the carrying member in positionfor co-operation with means on the tripod or like support, or theabutting means provided on the carrying member may be adapted to restdirectly on the ground.

The accompanying drawings illustrate two embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 1 shows one embodiment of gun mounting according to the invention,in part sectional elevational view, partly along the line II of Fig. 2and partly along III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1a is an elevational view of a detail, seen from the right handside of Fig. 1.

Fig. 2 shows the gun mounting in plan view.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a modified embodiment of theinvention along III-III of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 4 shows the plan view of the device represented in Fig. 3.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the reference numeral I denotes thecarrying member in general, said carrying member serving to support themounting post 2 of the gun. The carrying membe! I consists of a tubularor similarly shaped member 3 provided at its bottom portion with a plug4. A helical spring 5 is secured to the underside of the plug 4 and hasits free end 6 tapered, sharpened or otherwise shaped to facil: tate thescrewing of the spring into the grounl A collar I is firmly secured onthe tubule member 3, said collar having an external cylir drical surface8 with a conical enlargement 9 2 its upper end.

The support in the form of a tripod consisl of three legs I0, ID, Ill,carrying suitable feet I at their lower ends, which serve to ensure afiri grip of the legs on the ground, The upper enc of the legs arejournalled in a ring I2 having it ner cylindrical and conical surfacescorrespond ing to surfaces 9 and I0 of the collar I.

The upper part of the tubular carrying merr her 3 carries a sleeve I3which is provided wit suitable bearings It for two handles I5. Eachandle I5 is journalled in its bearing I4 by a ho I6, and a spring I! isanchored with its one en in or around the bolt I6 and with its other enin the body of the handle I5. A projection I is arranged at the innerend of the handle, sai projection being adapted to enter a corresponding recess in the wall of the sleeve I3 (seerigl hand part of Fig. 1),and so to hold the hand] in the horizontal position.

A suitable slot I9 is provided in the head the handle I5, through whichslot the bolt I passes, so that, upon pulling the handle in th outwarddirection the projection l8 can be disen gaged from the recess in thesleeve I3 and th handle folded down alongside of the mountinl In orderthat the sleeve I3 may also serve fc holding firmly the mounting post tobe accom modated in the carrying member, the tube 3 an the sleeve I3 aresplit in their upper parts an the bolt I6 is provided with a wing nut orthe lik 20, by the tightening of which the sleeve I3 caused to close thetube 3 firmly on the pos thus securing it in position. The split in thring I 3 is shown clearly in Fig. 1a.

In operation the new gun mounting is use in the following manner:

First the tripod is placed on ground and th carrying member I insertedtherein, being passe through the ring I2, until the end 6 of the sprin 5abuts the ground. Then, by rotation of th handles I5 which have beenbrought into hori zontal position, and by a certain pressure on thcarrying member I, the spring 5 is screwed int the ground until theconical surface on the cells I abuts against the conical surface 9 onthe rin I2. By further rotation of the carrying membe I tension isimparted to the spring 5 so that th carrying member I is urged firmlyinto and ont the tripod and all parts are firmly secured on th und. Thehandles 15 may then be folded vn to lie close alongside the carryingmember afford a free and unimpeded space around the 1 mounting. The gunpost 2 may then be erted into the carrying member I and fixed in Idesired position by tightening the nut 20. The mounting may bedisassembled in the rese sequence of operations, whereupon the s of thetripod and the handles l5 may be led up to occupy the minimum of space.n a modified embodiment of the mounting, uwn in Figs. 3 and 4, thecarrying member is in principle similar to that according to the viousexample and is also provided with idles 22 and sleeve 23 as alreadydescribed. The tripod in this example is replaced by a te 24 fixed atthe lower end of the carrying mber 2|. The spring 25 is secured on theierside of the plate 24. n erecting the mounting in this case the ryingmember with the spring 25 is rotated l the spring screwed into theground until 1 plate 24 abuts firmly against the ground, 1 thereafterfurther rotation tensions the ing 25. The mounting according to theinvention is remely simple and light in weight and assures irm andreliable support of the gun. The nipulation, too, is simple and themounting L be effected in a few seconds.

claim:

. A mounting for a gun comprising a carrymember adapted to accommodatethe mountpost for the gun, a helical spring mounted on the underside ofsaid carrying member and adapted to be screwed into the ground upon thecarrying member being rotated, an external collar on said carryingmember, a tripod for supporting said carrying member said tripod havinga collar at the upper end thereof adapted to receive said externalcollar on said carrying member for abutting engagement therewith and anabutment plate for engagement with the ground near the lower end of eachof its legs.

2. A mounting for a gun comprising a carrying member adapted toaccommodate the mounting post for the gun, a helical spring mounted onthe underside of said carrying member and adapted to be screwed into theground upon the carrying member being rotated, abutting means in theform of; a collar rigidly secured on the carrying member, and having acylindrical surface and a conical enlargement at its upper end, atripod, an abutment plate for engagement with the ground near the lowerend of each leg of said tripod, a ring carried by the upper end of thetripod, said ring having a conical surface corresponding to the conicalsurface of said abutting means adapted to impart a preliminary to hearwhen the carrying member is passed through the ring carried by thetripod, said abutting means adapted to impart a preliminary stablesupport to said carrier which is supplemented by a subsequentsupplemental rotation of said carrier to tension said helical spring andthereby to anchor firmly said mounting in the ground.

J OSEF VESELY.

